BLUES sharp-shooter Garry O’Connor thought his new pink boots were cursed before he’d even tried them out.

The striker rose from the substitutes bench on Monday night to fire home the goal that wrapped up Blues’ 2-0 victory over Wolves.

However, while his goal-scoring exploits lit up St Andrew’s, it was O’Connor’s brightly-coloured boots that initially caught the eye.

O’Connor has became the latest football star to shed the masculine stereotype and slip on a pair of Nike’s Mercurial Vapor Rosa as worn by Manchester United wing wizard Cristiano Ronaldo.

On-loan Wolves striker Marlon Harewood was also sporting a pair on Monday night but they only proved to be lucky for O’Connor.

However, the Edinburgh-born hit-man revealed that it was not before a superstition scare in the Blues changing room at half-time. That’s because O’Connor thought his pink fancies had fallen victim to the age-old fear of putting new boots on a table.

The Scotland international’s performance soon proved that the superstition, dating back to the days when miners’ families were informed of their death by placing shoes on the dinner table, is a load of rubbish.

“The boots are a new Nike version which are just out, there’s a few boys who have got them,” said O’Connor. “I’ve been told to wear them so that’s why I did. They’re lucky boots now although the masseur put them on the table.

“In Scotland, and I think it is the case down here too, if you put new boots on a table then it is bad luck. I was raging with Chris the masseur at half-time when I came in and the boots were on the table, I was like ‘that’s not going to bring me good luck, is it?’

“They are Ronaldo’s boots and they work for him.

“I’m not a superstitious type at all but that’s one of the things the missus is always reminding me ‘don’t put the kids new shoes on the table’. But I’m not superstitious. Especially after the Wolves match, I won’t be now.”